Monday, August 23, 2010

What are Bacteria Cultures?

Bacteria cultures are cultures of bacteria. Sorry, I shall try to make it more specific.





In a bacteria culture, you would have your growth culture which is normally the agar agar medium required for the bacteria to grow on it; it contains all sorts of nutrients required for either general growth of bacteria or only specific growth for a certain kind that you want. Then you grow your bacteria in on the culture medium itself. Normally you would do it near a Bunsen flame to keep the place flame sterilized.





As far as my microbiology lesson goes, there are 2 types of bacteria culture. The normal one and the pure culture. Within the normal culture, you have the pour plate and the spread plate. These are ways to determine whether the bacteria can survive at low oxygen content. In the pure culture, you have the streak plate and the pour plate again. Again, this is a way to test for the survivability with the absence of oxygen.





Normally the reason for having bacteria culture is to test the water supply in the area but there could be other uses such as research and so on. Hope I helped you.

What are Bacteria Cultures?
From what i understand, it is the kind of bacteria that live in only a certain area/environment





that is why san fransisco sourdough bread is only good in san fran


the bacteria cultures change when the bread i moved out of san fran


only bacteria(aiding in fermentation in bread) in san fran makes the bread unique


when the dough i moved to another area with a different culture bacteria , the bread tastes different

ivy

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